Anyone at NAAM wanna share what they saw?

[HCMarkus]

Got my hands on the Frontier Alphatrack and liked it.

It looks awful nice... glad you can report positively on the touch test. I'm waiting on delivery from Sweetwater now. Any hint of a shipping date?

... AlphaTrack will be available in January, with an MSRP of just US$249.

this from:
http://www.frontierdesign.com/

Yeah, but Sweetwater is now saying February

[mhschmieder]

I'm not going to post any details about NAMM in this forum unless they are specifically related to working with DP. I do get a kick sometimes though out of posts in this forum talking about upcoming products that have been known about sometimes for months in players' forums . It reminds me of what a different context this forum is (and the inverse is also true, regarding discussions of notation and recording in the players' forums).

Anyway, the main product that I saw that would be of potential interest to DP users (aside from ones that already have devoted posts), is the new control surface from Alesis (available in two versions/sizes). I am very impressed by the ergonomics, the intuitive layout, quality components and robust build quality. I think these are my favourite control surfaces yet.

Not so sure about Alesis' bold claim that the audio converters and the mic preamps in both these and the also-new standalone converter boxes are notm only better than the MOTU 828 mk II, but also the RME Fireface as well . It seems a stretch to claim superiority even to equipment that isn't in direct competition at the mid-price range. Arrogance? Insecurity? Or the truth? Maybe upcoming product reviews will be enlightening.